{"id":133,"date":"2019-12-14T21:02:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T21:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2021-05-27T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T10:48:27","slug":"choose-a-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/reading\/choose-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose a book"},"content":{"rendered":"
Review sites<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n
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If you see a book you’d like to read, and the Library\u00a0doesn’t have a copy already, please speak to Mrs Macfadyen about adding a request.<\/p>\n

LoveReading4Kids<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Reviews by young people<\/p>\n

YAK Books<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Try the Bookchooser questionnaire to get ideas plus loads of other reviews to check through.<\/p>\n

Achuka<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Up to date information about new books, interviews with authors and reviews.<\/p>\n

Literature Map<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Type in an author’s name and this site will suggest others you might like.<\/p>\n

“The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Click on a name to travel along.”<\/p>\n

Try it!<\/p>\n

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Best books lists<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Many organisations have created lists of recommended books.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the public is asked to vote, sometimes the organisers invite their own judges.<\/p>\n

Here are some of them.<\/p>\n

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The Big Read (BBC, 2003)<\/strong><\/a> – 100 books selected by public vote.<\/p>\n

The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019)<\/a><\/strong> – Guardian selection of all genres.<\/p>\n

100 must-read classic books, as chosen by our readers<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Penguin, 2021)<\/p>\n

Time Magazine\u2019s All-Time 100 Novels (1923-2005)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

100 books to read before you die: creating the ultimate list<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

100 Novels That Shaped Our World<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BBC, 2019)<\/p>\n

100 best children\u2019s books<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BookTrust, 2015)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review sites If you see a book you’d like to read, and the Library\u00a0doesn’t have a copy already, please speak to Mrs Macfadyen about adding a request. LoveReading4Kids\u00a0–\u00a0Reviews by young people YAK Books\u00a0–\u00a0Try the Bookchooser questionnaire to get ideas plus loads of other reviews to check through. Achuka\u00a0–\u00a0Up to date information about new books, interviews … Continue reading Choose a book<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2275,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/2275"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}